[MPlayer-DOCS] CVS: main/help help_mp-en.h,1.243,1.244

[Guillaume Poirier]

Guillaume Poirier wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sebastian Krämer wrote:
> 
>>Reynaldo H. Verdejo CVS wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>>+#define MSGTR_LIBVO_VESA_UsingBankSwitchingMode "[VO_VESA] Using bank
>>>switching mode (physical resources: %08lXh, %08lXh).\n"
>>
>>
>>Can anybody elaborate what this "bank" is, please?
> 
> 
> In general, a memory bank is smth related to the way the physical RAM
> memory is organized. I don't know how many banks current memory have,
> but you can see it as smth similar to dual/quad/hocto channel at the
> RAM module or chip level.
> 
> A wild guess tells me it's smth close.
> 
> In french, this kind of "bank" is the same the same word as the place
> where you get your money robbed (I don't like banks, but what can I
> do, you can't live with, you can't live without!).

Note that I'm totally unsure of what I wrote, but I'm sure that
telling bull**t will trigger a quick response from the knowledgeable
ppl ;)

Guillaume